Charting a new course: How maps are helping communities tackle climate change

Mapping surface types in Ghana is essential to understanding and mitigating pressing issues like flooding.
Mapping surface types in Ghana is essential to understanding and mitigating pressing issues like flooding.

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As the changing climate transforms how communities around the globe are impacted by weather events, maps need to keep up with current risks. From flood zone maps in Accra, Ghana, to students taking mapping into their own hands, learn how GIS has become an essential tool in today’s mapping world.

Charting a new course

This story was produced as part of the Planet Forward Summer Seminar in Multimedia Storytelling.

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